Woodward

I. BACKGROUND2

Woodward pleaded no contest in 2011 to one felony count of possessing child pornography (§ 311.11, subd. (a)).3 The trial court placed Woodward on probation for 60 months. Woodward’s conviction required him to register as a sex offender under section 290.

1 Unspecified statutory references are to the Penal Code. 2 The underlying facts in this case are not relevant to the issues on appeal. Therefore, we only include the procedural history of this matter. 3 Woodward’s request for judicial notice of minute orders relating to his 2011 conviction is granted. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d)(1).) In 2015, Woodward pleaded guilty to one count of failure to register a change of address, in violation of section 290.013, subdivision (a). Section 290.018, subdivision (b) (hereafter section 290.018(b)) states that a person required to register as a sex offender “based on a felony conviction” who willfully violates a registration requirement is guilty of a felony. Because Woodward’s registration requirement was based on his 2011 felony conviction, his 2015 failure to register a change of address conviction was a felony. The trial court placed Woodward on probation for 36 months.…